Replacing a rubber doorseal can be a real chore. I like to remove the door and place it on a picnic table or equivelent. I use my cordless with a magnetic quarter inch nut driver. It can be agrevating and time consuming.

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The seal has a flap that goes under the liner. The best way to do it is remove all the screws under the seal. the liner will then be loose from the door. I go ahead and place the seal on the liner and lay this on the door, with any luck the seal replacement will go smoothly. If you are worried about removing the door don't be. The top door comes off easily with the removal of the top hinge. Then the main door comes off after the center hinge is removed.

« Last Edit: February 29, 2008, 08:37:58 AM by JWWebster »

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Very interesting. I guess I am old school. When I had my appliance parts shop I was always getting guys bringing the doors down for my help. Seems they couldn't get the gaskets straight. Some of them were repair guys that just didn't feel like messing with it. Some of them doors can be a bit tricky.

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just finished the replacement. couldn't really do the door-removal technique, as it was a full fridge. taped some paint drop plastic over the opening. a magnetic socket/nut driver would have been really helpful, as JWWebster suggested. used a socket and extension by hand, since the screws were all barely hand-tightened down. the flap part kinda sagged on the bottom part. taped it to the door... see if it'll tighten up with the cooling.

the seal came in a fairly large box; just folded over a little bit, so the hot water treatment wasn't needed.